[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] decoder/encoder naming consistency

[Diego Biurrun]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:25:20PM +0300, Kostya wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 04:59:54PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > I propose renaming files to to adhere to the following naming
> > convention:
> > 
> > foodec.c - decoder for format foo
> > fooenc.c - encoder for format foo
> > foo.c    - common code used by both decoder and encoder
> > 
> > Currently we have some cases where the encoder is in fooenc. while the
> > decoder is in foo.c, for example zmbv.c and zmbvenc.c.
> > 
> > This should be made consistent.  The cases where we just have a decoder
> > are secondary, they can remain as foo.c, but when both are available, we
> > should try to avoid the confusion.
> > 
> > The same applies to demuxers and muxers.
> > 
> > OK to rename?
> 
> I would prefer clear naming scheme (which should be documented as well):

I agree that it should be documented.

> * decoder or wrapper -> ${codecname}.c
> * pure encoder -> ${codecname}enc.c
> * if common code is present, it should be named {codecname}.c and
>   decoder should be renamed into ${codecname}dec.c
> 
> FFmpeg is decoder-oriented, after all - just compare the number of
> decoders and encoders.

That's why I said that we can keep the names in the cases where we just
have decoders.

> Also good luck on renaming msrle.c and msrledec.c

Hmmm?

Diego